Candace Schermerhorn brings 18 years of experience as a producer, director, writer for award winning films. Her expertise lies in documentaries addressing contemporary social issues, educational and historical documentaries as well as children’s programming.

Her credits include work for Children's Television Workshop's Sesame Street, Harcourt Brace Publishers, the National Park Service and Turner Broadcasting.

You Don’t Know Dick, a documentary about the journeys of six female-to-male transsexuals, Candace’s first independent documentary film, has been approved for library distribution by the American Library Association.

Dick has been shown at festivals worldwide and has aired on the Sundance Channel, on Chanel 4/BBC and throughout Europe and Asia.

International awards include National Educational Media Network’s Golden Apple Award, approval by the American Psychiatric Association, and was nominated for the GLAAD Award.

Schermerhorn spent 3 years as Program Director at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and served on documentary juries for SBIFF and The Fund for Santa Barbara Social Justice Award.

She teaches documentary filmmaking at Santa Barbara City College.